“I've never been a hands-on dad. I'm not ashamed to admit it, but you c...” — Gordon Ramsay Quote

“I've never been a hands-on dad. I'm not ashamed to admit it, but you can't run a restaurant and be home for tea at 4:30 and bath and change nappies.”

“I shoot from the hip.”

“When you're a chef, you graze. You never get a chance to sit down and eat. They don't actually sit down and eat before you cook. So when I finish work, the first thing I'll do, and especially when I'm in New York, I'll go for a run. And I'll run 10 or 15k on my - and I run to gain my appetite.”

“I don't have one favourite spot - I love writing anywhere that I feel inspired. I have to admit that I do love getting cosy in bed or under blankets on the sofa and writing from there.”

“I'm not afraid to admit that I'm a relatively slow reader.”

“I admit it: I had fun watching right-wingers go wild as health reform finally became law.”